Name Authority File

authority file by the German National Library
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Name Authority File

Summary

Name Authority File is a name authority file[1]. It draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (name_authority_file category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Name Authority File is in the country of Germany[3].
  • Name Authority File's image is recorded as Wikipedianer in der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek (5809).jpg[4].
  • Name Authority File's instance of is recorded as name authority file[5].
  • Name Authority File's instance of is recorded as authority file[6].
  • Name Authority File's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 192601449[7].
  • Name Authority File's GND ID is recorded as 4406751-3[8].
  • Name Authority File's language of work or name is recorded as German[9].
  • +1989-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Name Authority File[10].
  • Name Authority File was dissolved in +2012-04-01T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Name Authority File's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09gm2h7[12].
  • Name Authority File's ISIL is recorded as DE-588a[13].
  • Name Authority File's replaced by is recorded as Integrated Authority File[14].
  • Name Authority File's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Personennamendatei'}[15].
  • Name Authority File's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'PND'}[16].
  • Name Authority File's different from is recorded as PND[17].

Why It Matters

Name Authority File draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (name_authority_file category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . d-nb.info. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Name Authority File. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/name-authority-file
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_name-authority-file_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Name Authority File}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/name-authority-file}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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